The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-06
DAUGHTER OF A QUEEN.
Her Strange, Romantic Story and Her
Striking Resemblance to Her Royal
Mother.
From the New Yorl; Star.

In an ariStocratic looking mansion stu
ated on quiet thoroughfare of this city
lives woman who is about to give to the
world a story, fascinating iIits unparalleled
audacity and powerful in its.appeal to hui
man interest from the startling character
of the claims it advances. 1t is a story OF
the writer's life and the events to which it
related, could they be stamped with the seal
! of genuineness, would shake to its founda-
lions the throne of one of the most powerful
monarchies which has existed in the worlds
| history
| To her few neighbors and chance &C
| quaintances this mysterious woman is known
as plain Mrs. Caroline Louise Kent. She is
beyond the meridian of life, but proud in
her carriage and bearing. Her voice is
musical and of rich Partisan flavor. She
is rather below the medium height with a
tendency to corpulency. Her large blue
eyes tighten up countenance that is of 1T
| self revelation. Whatever she may be to the
world, to herself at least this woman is So
! phia-A Adelaide, the first born of Britain's
! reigning queen by her marriage with Prince
Albert Edward, of Germany.
| The extraordinary story rests upon Pima
| fore foundation In brief it is alleged that
prior to his marriage with Queen Victoria
| Prince Albert had contracted morganatc
| alliance with the Countess ReusS, noble
German lady. When his marriage with
England's young queen was consummated
| his overweening affection for his first love
| caused him to regard too lightly his mar
| marriage VOWS and still pay a measure of
secret homoge to the fair Countess. On
| Nov. 8. 1910. the Queen was delivered of a
| daughter, whom the woI Id knows now as
Sophia Adelaide, Crown Princess of Prussia.
| Twelve DAYS after a female child was born
! to the Countess Reuss. In anticipation OF
| such an event and the over-powerng scan
dial which would result from its publicity.
| Prince Albert had previously provided the
Countess with legal husband in the person
of Count de Lundi, who agreed to preserve
the honor Of his royal patron at the cost OF
! his own humiliation.
Goaded to desperation by the conscious
! ness of her shame the Countess summoned
| Prince Albert and demanded, on pain OF
| exposure, that her own offspring be sub
stituted for that of the wife regnant. She
was memorable to protoStations, threats and
entreaties, and by the purchased connivance
| of the royal nurse and various other mem
| bers of the Queens household the hazardous
! plot was carried out successfully. Inc Sc
| cret was known to only a select few and was
not revealed to the present claimant" until
| she was Il years old. One of the few VINO
were cognizant of the remarkable crcum-
stances was the late King Macmillan, who
| is alleged to have thoroughly investigated
the affair and authenticated it over his own
| signature. That document is said to exist
| to-day in the Vatican at Rome, where it was
| lodged for Safe-keeping in 1888. Various
attempts have been made by parties OF III
terest to get at 1t.
A reporter was granted an audience by
the alleged original and only genuine So
phia-Adelaide at her home last night. BY
ner courtesy and that of her publishers the
Star is able to present an epitome OF the
! whole of her interesting story.
| In the political disturbances in 1o4S which
! evolved French republic from the de
spised monarchy of Louis PHILIPPE, the child
was taken to England for a short time. The
immediate cause of her journey was the as
sassination of the old Count Lundi, which
! by many of her old friends was supposed to
have been a blow at her
From England she was taken to the con-
vent of Nymphenburg at Munich, where
she was frequently visited by the Prince
and by King Macmillan of Bavaria
and his son, the late mad King, Ludwig
Her childhood, she claims. was spent largely
in the company of this young Prince,
who remained her friend to the time of his
DEATH
Back to Paris and thence to England the
girl spent some delightful days shut up
with Prince Albert in one of his country
seats, but for some unknown reason was
suddenly informed that it would be necces-
sary for her to make voyage. just before
( parting with her, the Prince, with a pre-
sentiment of final leave taking, startled her
by claiming her as lis daughter.
Count Lundi took her to the Isle of Bour-
bon AZ the Indian ocean, and thence to
| Quito, in Ecuador. Their next point was
New Orleans. then up to Hampton, Va,
and back to New Orleans again. 10 escape
the cholera, which had broken out in tue
Crescent City, they fled to Dayton,O. Shortly
after their arrival Count LundI was stricken
with the plague, and, on his deathbed, diS =
closed to her the full story of her antece-
dents She claims that the revelation was
made ir the presence and hearing of DR..
| Bradbeck and Father Hahn, or Hahneman,
of Dayton, who took great interest in her
subsequent career. In order that she might
inherit his estate and have the protection OF
his name, the dying count insisted upon a
marriage, which was performed by Father
Hahn. a few hours afterwards she was a
widow In few days after this event q
truthful friend and attendant, Lady Camp
bell, also died, and in her grief she made
a rash attempt to terminate her own ex-
istence by taking poison. This was in
1851
During all these years Sophia Adelaide
maintained communication with Prince Al
bert, and received large pension. Inc
| Prince died in 1861
In 1869 she returned to France and trav-
eled over Europe for ten years, where she
SAYS her history was an open secret IN many
aristocratic households. Her pension sud
denly ceased in 1876.
Then for time | was in imminent peril.
she said to the reporter, until dear old
John Brown came to my rescue. He Wis
tied me personally in Paris and many
times sent his trusted friend, Mr.. Spenser,
to me wish money and messages of cheer.
He knew my secret, knew how foully |
had been treated, and warmly sympathlzed
with me.
"He promised to intercede for me with
the Queen herself, and hear that he did so.
Once when she, my mother, was i'll, John
Brown secretly sent for me and | spent a
night in the Windsor Castle. 1t was night
of supreme torture, between hope and fear.
In the morning the Queen was better, and
was not permitted to see her.
John Brown remained my true and trust
ed friend up to the time of his death, which
was a crl, shing blow to me-"
"Was lie the first to inform her majesty OF
the deception, which had been practiced up
on hergn the reporter asked.
mo, have proof of the fact that
nv father, Prince Albert, himself told her
of the circumstances shortly before he
died"
Have you any documents in support OF
your claimsP
~ have many letters from prominent per.
sonages, most of them in Paris, where
a in